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Post Offices: Local Government Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 June 2025 on Government Response to the Green Paper on the Future of the Post Office, HCWS1360, which government services the cross-government group refere
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 June 2025 on Government Response to the Green Paper on the Future of the Post Office, HCWS1360, which government services the cross-government group refere
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
The cross-government group referenced is considering options for a common physical front-end for government services to ensure there is a ‘go to’ place for a range of government services, expanded assisted digital support, an enhanced role in identity ver...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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